How to speak Essex!

Kev

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This is an invaluable guide......for those of you that are planning to venture into darkest depths of Essex.

A task not for the faint-hearted



alma chizzit - A request to find the cost of an item



amant - Quantity; sum total ('Thez a yuge amant of mud in Saffend')



assband - Unable to leave the house because of illness, disability etc



awss - A four legged animal, on which money is won, or more likely lost ('That awss ya tipped cost me a fiver t'day')



branna - More brown than on a previous occasion ('Ere, Trace, ya look branna today, ave you been on sunbed?')



cort a panda - A rather large hamburger



Dan in the maff - Unhappy ('Wossmatta, Trace, ya look a bit Dan in the maff')



eye-eels - Women's shoes



Furrock - The location of Lakeside Shopping Centre



garrij - A building where a car is kept or repaired(Trace: 'Oi, Darren, I fink the motah needs at go in the garrij cos it aint working proper')



Ibeefa - Balaeric holiday island



lafarjik - Lacking in energy ('I feel all lafarjik')



OI OI! - Traditional greeting. Often heard from the doorway of pubs or during banging dance tunes at clubs



paipa - The Sun, The Mirror or The Sport



reband - The period of recovery and emotional turmoil after rejection by a lover ('I couldn't elp it, I wuz on the reband from Craig')



Saffend - Essex coastal resort boasting the longest pleasure pier in the world. The place where the characters from TV's, popular soap opera, Eastenders go on holiday



tan - The city of London, the big smoke



webbats - Querying the location something or someone is. ('Webbats is me dole card Trace? I've gotta sign on in arf hour')



wonnid - 1. Desired, needed. 2. Wanted by the police



zaggerate - To suggest that something is bigger or better than it actually is. ('I told ya a fazzand times already')
 
zaggerate - To suggest that something is bigger or better than it actually is. ('I told ya a fazzand times already')
That one reminds me of "The Young Ones". Good times :D
 
Said thing is I can do the accent. Maybe I am secretly English :eek: :noway :help
 
Said thing is I can do the accent. Maybe I am secretly English :eek: :noway :help

I would like a crumpet and a spot of tea. :p

LF i can do an english accent too but not only do you have to speak differently but your tone of voice has to be a little higher such as Peitersen look how high his voice for a grown man.
 
lol, the english accent is the funniest ever, and if you speak it in that language.
 

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